Kyrie Irving is the NBA 2K18 Cover Athlete

[scottyp180]

Quote: Originally Posted by stocksy

Never been bothered by the cover star. Always seems strange people care about that... With the exception of when they had the Jordan mode - or if the heavily feature a player in modes I don't get it. I'd rather they tell us what they are improving and adding...

Mostly agree. I like seeing who's on the cover mostly because it's our first bit of news about the new game, but I do wish they would give us a little something with it. A screenshot, a short tease video, a hint about what's new in the game, etc.

I miss the days when the cover athlete gave us an idea of what to expect for new features. I don't think we've seen that happen since Jordan on 2k11 and jordan, bird, magic on 2k12. EA was always a bit better with this. Live 14 used Kyrie and focused on the new dribbling system. Madden's athletes used to always give an idea of what to expect, and to an extent still does.

[E The Rhymer]

Wow I almost hate Cleveland enough to not want to buy this and have to see Kyrie.


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[youvalss]

Interesting choice, considering he was on the other game's cover not too long ago. Would be hilarious if he showed up at E3 with a 2K producer and did exactly the same thing he did 4 years ago...

On a side note: 2K covers become more and more weird. Less designed, more casual, looks like worse than what OS artists come up with. But as long as the game is great...who cares, eh?

[youvalss]

Quote: Originally Posted by cthurt

Is kyrie the first player to grace both covers for Live and 2k?

Not 2K and Live, but Kobe was on the covers of NBA Courtside, NBA Action 98 and NBA '07.

[exposedaking]

Shaq has been on a ton of covers

Nba live 96
Inside drive 04
Nba Showtime on NBC
2k6
2k7
2k18




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[Jrocc23]

Quote: Originally Posted by E The Rhymer

Wow I almost hate Cleveland enough to not want to buy this and have to see Kyrie. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

LOL. I love/hate Kyrie. Just can't root for him because LeBron and the Cavs. But you might have to get the Shaq edition lol. But if you mean the startup screen it might not matter.


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[E The Rhymer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jrocc23

LOL. I love/hate Kyrie. Just can't root for him because LeBron and the Cavs. But you might have to get the Shaq edition lol. But if you mean the startup screen it might not matter. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah I'm gonna have to cop that Shaq one now.


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[ataman5]

Quote: Originally Posted by youvalss

Interesting choice, considering he was on the other game's cover not too long ago. Would be hilarious if he showed up at E3 with a 2K producer and did exactly the same thing he did 4 years ago... On a side note: 2K covers become more and more weird. Less designed, more casual, looks like worse than what OS artists come up with. But as long as the game is great...who cares, eh?

I look at them as minimalist approaches and i'm certainly liking them a lot. In game menu colors we had in 2k17 was really slick and on point not really hurting your eyes and such and they seem to continue on that..